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gob stick

gob stick noun: a clarinet.

Noun

gob stick (plural gob sticks)

  1. (slang) A clarinet.
    • Stop spouting and give us some groovy licks on that gob stick of yours.2013, R. K. Cowles, “1930s Poems: Licking the Chops”, in Slang Poetry Volume 1, →ISBN, page 57
  2. (UK, archaic, dialectal, slang) A spoon.
  3. A stick or device for removing the hook from a fish's gullet.
    • He […] wrenched out the hook with the short wooden stick he called a "gob-stick".1897, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 3, in Captains Courageous

Forms of gob stick

pluralgob sticks
alternative formgobstick
alternative formgob-stick

Origin of gob stick

See gob (“mouth”).

Questions about gob stick

What does gob stick mean?
Gob stick means a clarinet.
What part of speech is gob stick?
Gob stick is a noun.
What is the plural of gob stick?
The plural of gob stick is gob sticks.

Words near gob stick in the dictionary

  1. gob iron
  2. gob irons
  3. gob job
  4. gob jobs
  5. gob off
  6. gob stick
  7. gob sticks
  8. gob stopper
  9. gob stoppers
  10. gob up
  11. gob-stick

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